The Basics:

This site does NOT have a full and complete list of all
"famous Masons" of all countries of all times. There is no such list. This site
is one of the VERY few that has paid particular attention to ensuring that those
listed are, in fact, Masons. There are a LOT of "famous" people who are ASSUMED
to be Freemasons but who are not. (See the link to Famous Non-Masons on the left
where you'll find more information.)

Many viewers of this page want to find out if their
local politician or some other person is a Freemason. Sometimes this is not for
positive purposes and it's done to in some way smear or diminish. Those who do
that should be ashamed: isn't it better to build up than to tear down?

While you may have arrived on this particular page
seeking "Famous Freemasons", you should be aware that the central focus of our
site is Anti-Masonry and those who disdain or demean the Masonic organization.
Here, we list just an extremely small number of the famous and good people who were Masons or members of the Masonic
'family'. This listing, compared with our
list of anti-Masons shows a stark
comparison. In fact, anti-Masons who've achieved positions of greatness and
recognition can be counted pretty much on one hand - and
then, only as a result of their bad acts in most cases. The "Famous"
listed here would eschew that designation but their lives are in stark contrast
with those who've opposed Freemasonry. We hope as you peruse our list, you'll
realize that if Masonry
was evil, occult, conspiratorial or bad, these men - and the many
millions more whose names are not recorded here - would not have voluntarily choose to affiliate with
it over the past three hundred years!

UNITED STATES 2008 ELECTIONS

As seems to happen
every time there's a US presidential election, our site is regularly
searched to find out if the candidates are Freemasons. OK. For the
record:

John McCain is NOT a
Mason. His father, Admiral John Sidney McCain, Commander in Chief of the
Pacific Fleet during the Vietnam War and who died in 1981, was.

Hillary Clinton is
NOT a Mason. Her husband (former President Bill Clinton) was a member of
a Masonic-sponsored youth organization. You can read more about that
here.

Ron Paul is not a
Mason although his father is.

George Bush is not a
Mason. His father (former President George Bush) is not a Mason. And the
Skull and Bones fraternity at Yale University has NO connection to
Freemasonry whatsoever, despite what the person with the tin-foil hat
wants you to believe!

So whatever the
motive for your curiosity, the answer is - NO! OK? And despite the
frenzied rants that have appeared on some websites, there's NO SUCH
THING in the United States as being a 'secret Mason' or hiding one's
membership. They'll usually tell you it's because the
person is a 33rd Degree
that makes it a secret which is total crap: see our page on
33rds RULE!
for more information. The simple facts
are that when a man becomes a Freemason, he doesn't hide his identity. (There are a couple of bogus
groups - primarily internet fantasies - that aren't at all part of
Freemasonry despite their ridiculous attempts at pretending to be.
At
least one of those
phony groups
has listed a large number of far-right Republicans as members in their
group, surely none of whom are the least interested in being part of the
creator's fantasies.) The fact is, though, that when one joins
Freemasonry in the United States, it's done openly and without secrets.
Thus, if a website tries to convince you that any of the above are
actually Masons but that it's somehow a secret, ask them how they
know. You'll get a LOT of double-talk and
obfuscation which, in
the final analysis, will be nothing more than plain and simple manure!

Find a Grave: Many Masons and members of the Masonic 'family' proudly display their affiliation with the fraternity at their final resting place.
If you see this image
, you can click on the Mason's name and be transported to the "Find A Grave" web site to see an actual picture of their grave
located on the web. (There may be more than just those we've got noted here; gravestone
pictures at that web site are being updated constantly.) You might
also find our page about Masonic gravestones of
interest....

This list is not the 'standard' one seen on other Masonic
websites.
It is greatly augmented by additional material on the lives of these distinguished
persons as well as by the listing of many Masons whose membership has been verified
through news stories, personal knowledge, etc. Many of these names have been provided
by others and we've set up a special page here to
say "thanks" for their contributions. We also note an exceptionally well-designed site which shows many of the
individual Masons we've named in 'categories'. There was
also a New Jersey Masons website that had an excellent presentation but
sadly, the site now appears to have been closed.

Due to the HUGE size of this page and
the frequency of visitors to it, we have divided it into
sections. You can find our list alphabetically A-L
here and M-Z here.

Masonic Webmasters: If linking to this portion of our site,
please be sure to link to this page and not the individual
'child' pages of this section as they may be subsequently changed with even further division as time
passes with more names being added. This page will
provide the continuity to those other pages.

Listings of those who are (or were during their lifetime)
Masons serves to remind us of the many notables who - of their own free will -
chose
to associate with this noble institution. Those who preach anti-Masonic hate must
ultimately wonder how it is that so many have been (supposedly) deceived -
while they have found the 'truth'....
And while some will
argue that these men have been deceived; others contend they are/were part of a New World
Order conspiracy. What is not arguable is that they represent all walks
of life and that they were - in their respective ways - LEADERS!

Throughout the 300 years of Freemasonry in its current
form, there have been a precious few who have not behaved in a way that reflects
positively upon the organization. We talk about them on this page.

Important
Note:
This listing is not all-inclusive nor is it an 'official' list of any
sort. Information is derived from sources believed to be accurate. Any
errors are solely the fault of the compiler!

Names for this site have come from many sources. Please take a moment to
see the list of contributors here. Please note,
though, that we do not have unlimited space nor do we have unlimited time. We'd
love to keep adding to this section but have found far too many submissions sent
as: "I think X is a Brother." or "A fellow mentioned in
Lodge the other night that X is a Mason.". That simply isn't sufficient for our
purposes. Accordingly, we're now curtailing efforts on these pages considerably
and returning our focus to anti-Masonry. We believe that the many Masons shown
clearly acknowledge that Freemasonry attracts members of the highest standing.
And far beyond these few pages are the millions
upon millions of those who joined and enjoyed the lessons they've learned from the
friendship and fellowship of Freemasonry.
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You may also be
interested in our comments about a number of Masonic
Authors and perhaps you would be interested in a couple of books by a
Mason who's 'put the meat' behind the names, providing biographical information
on Famous American Freemasons that's sure to be enjoyed. Click the link on your
right for more information about this. And you shouldn't
overlook the book American Freemasons. Our book review on that
excellent work are here.

Thanks too to those who've written to point out
additional information and/or discrepancies.

This list is also frequently STOLEN by
unscrupulous individuals to use as material for their CDs for sale or their
websites. Often, it is taken by "fake"
groups pretending to be Masons in order to provide them with some
credibility to the uninformed. Please be advised that we do strictly hold
copyright on all material on this site and particularly emphasize that the
selection, compilation and description of the Famous Freemasons is OUR work.
Should you copy our work, we will we
will notify your internet service provider and use a take-down order if
necessary to have it removed (this results in your website
being shut down). In
addition, we will file with various search engines so that your site listing is
removed from their finding mechanisms
should you choose to STEAL our work! Hereto, fail not....

Just
click on "Prince, the Search Dog" to find things on our site. He's on every page
and he'll take you directly to our search form where you can see if we've
written about whatever it is you're interested in. Prince has a great memory; he
always remembers where things are!